The Republic of New Afrika
believes that Black People in Amerikkka make up a nation of people,
a people separate and apart from the Amerikkkan people. The RNA
also believes that as a nation of people, We are entitled to all
of the rights of a nation, including the right to land and self-determination.
The RNA further believes that all the land in Amerikkka, upon
which Black People have lived for a long time, worked and made
rich as slaves, and fought to survive on is land that belongs
to Us as a People. We must gain control of that land because land
is the basis of independence, freedom, justice and equality. We
cannot talk about self-determination without talking about land.
Therefore, the RNA identified the five states of Mississippi,
Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina as Black People's
land. Gaining control of that land is the fundamental struggle
facing Black People who presently live in the United States of
America. Without land, Black Power, rights and freedom have no
substance.

The RNA asserts
that Black People in Amerikkka are not legally U.S. citizens. History is quite clear
on this point. In 1865, the 13th Amendment [to the U.S. Constitution]
recognized the freedom of the New Afrikan (Black People) and left
Us as an unattached political entity rightfully settled on land
that was claimed by the U.S. Along with freedom, according to
international law, came four choices as to what Our political
destiny would be. Number
one, if We
wanted to, We could seek admission to citizenship in the Amerikkkan
community. Number
two, if We
so desired and if We could afford to, We could return home to
Afrika. Number
three, if
We so desired, We could emigrate to (re-locate in) another country
where We preferred to live if that country did not object. And,
number four, if We so desired, We could and had a right
to set up an independent state [Nation] of Our own, and could
legally do so on land claimed by the United States. We had the right to
do so because We had lived
here long enough,
worked here
long enough
and fought
here long enough
to satisfy the requirements laid out by international law. Additionally,
establishing an independent nation where We were was Our most
logical choice because (1) We had experienced self-government
in this land before, (2) We could not trust Our welfare and government
to the people who had enslaved Us and dreadfully exploited Us,
and (3) most New Afrikans [Black People] were unwilling and/or
unable as a practical matter to emigrate to another land or return
to Afrika. Land in this country where the ex-slave had already
contributed his labor and blood, all as a result of wrongful kidnapping,
wrongful transport and wrongful exploitation was the only logical
and practical option left.

The RNA teaches
that the passage of the 14th Amendment was, in fact, a declaration
of war by whites and their government against Black People and
the governments We had established during the Civil War. White
military expeditions against and invasions of all the Black governments
were begun, meetings and conventions of New Afrikans [Black People]
were attacked and banned, and widespread white violence against
Black People was approved and supported by white governments.
In spite of this, Black People continued to seek self-government
and land because they preferred government by Blacks rather than
government by whites.
Thus, independent land for Black People is one of three cornerstones
of the Republic of New Afrika. The other two are (1) We, Black
People, must internationalize Our struggle, and (2) We must defend
Ourselves.[HOME]